In this article Jack Solock, Special Librarian for InterNIC Net Scout Services, discusses the benefits of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) as a means of information sharing. While sometimes tricky to use, Solock argues, FTP sites bring with them advantages that Web pages do not.

InstantGet 1.41 is a helpful and efficient download manager and accelerator that splits downloading files into multiple sections, essentially downloading each section simultaneously in order to increase downloading speed. InstantGet also has several rich management features, such as the ability to search for downloaded files by filename or comment, along with support for both the ftp and http...

SmartFTP is a full featured FTP client with an easy-to-use, Explorer-style interface. It has context-menus and support for dragging and dropping files from Explorer or within internal windows. SmartFTP allows users to open multiple connections to servers without starting the application again. It also comes with lots of other features including the ability to set up a transfer queue, schedule...